Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.

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Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them.

By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones. Collect treasure along the way to build up your arsenal and pay for new towers – countless waves of monsters are out to get the Tiki babies, so you need to be prepared to fight hard!

Key Features

Play four game modes: Single player campaign, local co-op play, online co-op, and a host of additional challenges.

Play Together: Local and online co-op will have you sharing your machine or playing with your friend over the net for a shared memorable experience. Online leaderboards show you how you stack up against your friends and everyone else in the world!

Tikiman will travel across three distinct islands, spanning 47 unique environments to protect his offspring from clever monsters that attack by land and air. He’s going to use every tower in his arsenal to protect them: Arrow Towers, Cannon Towers, Anti-Air Towers, Ice Towers, Laser Towers, Fire Towers, Tesla Towers, Mortar Towers, special power ups and more!

There is also the mysterious Tum-Tum island, that randomly generates levels for near infinite replayability!

This amounts to literally hundreds of hours of game play, all set to an awesome soundtrack to keep you in the zone!

We have also included unlockable content including concept art, music videos, sound tracks and more!

For Steam we have created over 20 brand new achievements, giving the game 52 in total for you to unlock! Not to mention trading cards and badges!

One Sentence Summary:A finely balanced blend of action and tower defense with surprising depth, excellent music, and plenty of charm to go around.

Pros:+ Blend of action via controllable character and tower defense strategy is nicely implemented+ Easy to learn and can be played in short 30 minute sessions+ Difficult to master and has 100+ hours of depth for completionists via unique challenges+ Great minimalist electronic IDM soundtrack+ Calm atmosphere helps me chill out while playing this game+ Has 2 Player co-op and is a good couples game

Cons:- People used to standard touch or mouse controlled tower defense games might be put off by action element- Trying to "gold rainbow" some of the more difficult levels might cause lesser mortals to rage quit

Notes:~ This was originally a PS3 game that was ported with additional content to PC, but it is a solid port.~ Do not use the mouse to play this game. It is best played with a controller or keyboard only.~ One subtle thing they messed up during the port? The trees no longer shake when the stompy gold boss is near.

As a big fan of Tower Defense, this is my absolute favorite. It has the most natural learning curve, and the end levels are probably some of the hardest in the genre. The game truly shines in coop, however even in single player you often take just one more go to perfect the level. Scoreboards also make you want to go beyond just finishing the level flawlessly, and instead you try to make it through the level using only the necessary resources (as you are scored based on resources left).

In summation, this game is all about speed, planning ahead, and spending resources wisely. And it's oh so fun!

Don't let my played time fool you. I've played this game mostly on PS3 and PS Vita, where I can estimate around 100 hours played. Also, don't listen to most of the negative reviews here. It seems they have only played the first couple of levels, which are basically training levels.

My experience with the game:For me this is one of the best tower defense games ever made.I used to play it on PS3 (Encore version) and often co-op with friends and family.Got it on sale for Steam for a price of 1.19€ which is a steal.

About the game:Trial and error tower defense game where you need to think ahead, and strategically plan your defense.The game appeals to casual players and hardcore tower defense fans alike.

The good:- Fluid relaxing gameplay, nice graphics, zen music, awesome towers, playable character.- Most of the levels has it's own gameplay feel to it.- Buy, place, upgrade and sell towers in order to match incoming attacks.- Can be hard and a bit frustrating, but at a level where you just want to do better the next playthrough.- In co-op you can actually plan and work together. It's fun.- Good replay value.

The bad:- It doesn't have a map/level editor or Steam workshop.

Verdict:If you like tower defense games, even just strategy games, I can only recommend it.It is worth it's original price. 9,5/10.

This game will scratch your tower defense itch, but when some levels have pathing that doesn't make any sense and is borderline random, it lessens any strategic input you can make on a level. Because of this, the game boils down to tower placement that needs little thought and just hoping for the best.

However, actually having a character to move around placing towers and collecting coins is a nice twist on the genre. And just like the other Pixeljunk titles, the game has responsive movement and crisp visuals.